PREMEXCHANGE – SIMON MARGOLIS

28 September 2012

1. You have recently been appointed Chairman of AMRO;
what do you hope to bring to the role?

"It's a real pleasure to be able to chair AMRO again and I'd
like to say a big thank you to Matthew Game for all his work over
the past two years. We've had a very busy twelve months and I
expect no let up for 2013. My priority will be to maintain and
continue to push the standards of service offered by our industry
so that customers can rest assured they are receiving the highest
quality of medical expert evidence to support their cases. At AMRO
we will support that goal by continuing to set benchmarks for best
practice within the industry and to communicate the value that
independent medical reporting organisations provide in the personal
injury process."

2. What are the main challenges in the year
ahead?

"There can be no doubt the personal injury profession is facing
a year of unprecedented change. Solicitors have the twin reforms of
costs and ownership to contend with, while defendants face an
increasing obligation to push cases through the Ministry of Justice
portal; all of this places great emphasis on the need for medical
expert evidence to be of the highest possible quality. Both Premex
and its colleagues amongst the AMRO membership are in regular
dialogue with policy makers so the essential nature of our work is
recognised."

3. How has Premex evolved since it became part of the
ExamWorks family in 2011?

"Premex has now been part of the ExamWorks family for around
eighteen months and the business continues to grow and evolve. We
are part of a global group which offers support, financial backing
and scalability, and we are encouraged to develop our service and
technology offering. In actual fact, technology was one of the
aspects which brought Premex and ExamWorks together; the guys in
the US were very enthusiastic about the potential of our e-service
offerings such as the online portal Vu. There are also some
interesting challenges of being part of a larger group; for example
we are currently embarking on a project to update information
security in line with our financial reporting obligations in the
US."

4. Your second home is at Manchester City - Are you
confident for the new season?

"We showed from the first match against Southampton that
sometimes we like to do things the hard way but I was delighted
with our achievements last year. Here's hoping the blue side of
Manchester can enjoy a period of dominance from here on in!"